I've already explained it to another scratcher: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1108437283/#comments-442280703

The link also leads to my project, which is shadow-banned

How do I know this? If you search up “Sonic Forever” in the search bar, it won't appear, which is very concerning since it would be the most popular and trending project with the name.

The indexer is merely slow. Your project is not shadow-banned. I cannot say how I checked, however it is not shadowbanned.
You are just jumping to a conclusion here.

EDIT: Also, the only bots on this site are the filter and autotakedown. The “low level moderation bot” you are talking about does not exist…

What's your source for “Shadow Banning” ever existing? The correct term would be “NFE” or Not For Everyone, and no, a bot does not do that. Only the ST themselves can mark a project NFE, not the “low-level bot”. The bot only checks for bad words in the title or description and projects, and can only take your project down via multiple reports, but it can't NFE your project.

This isn't even the problem, it's just that the indexer has been slow/broken for a while and it takes a while to catch up to newly-released projects, so it will take a week or two to show up in the search bar. It could also be that the search term is banned, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:

What's your source for “Shadow Banning” ever existing? The correct term would be “NFE” or Not For Everyone, and no, a bot does not do that. Only the ST themselves can mark a project NFE, not the “low-level bot”. The bot only checks for bad words in the title or description and projects, and can only take your project down via multiple reports, but it can't NFE your project.

This isn't even the problem, it's just that the indexer has been slow/broken for a while and it takes a while to catch up to newly-released projects, so it will take a week or two to show up in the search bar. It could also be that the search term is banned, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.

I watched this awhile ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6AagToRVk (you may as well stay tuned to the end)
However, I guess my mind got kind of foggy with the video, thanks for clearing this up.

Magudragon wrote:

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scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:

What's your source for “Shadow Banning” ever existing? The correct term would be “NFE” or Not For Everyone, and no, a bot does not do that. Only the ST themselves can mark a project NFE, not the “low-level bot”. The bot only checks for bad words in the title or description and projects, and can only take your project down via multiple reports, but it can't NFE your project.

This isn't even the problem, it's just that the indexer has been slow/broken for a while and it takes a while to catch up to newly-released projects, so it will take a week or two to show up in the search bar. It could also be that the search term is banned, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.

I watched this awhile ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6AagToRVk (you may as well stay tuned to the end)
However, I guess my mind got kind of foggy with the video, thanks for clearing this up.

Okay, glad that helped!

Someone please close the topic.

Magudragon wrote:

I watched this awhile ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6AagToRVk (you may as well stay tuned to the end)
However, I guess my mind got kind of foggy with the video, thanks for clearing this up.

That video also seems to spread misinfo - You CAN get the NFE rating off your project.

You just have to make the changes and ask Contact-Us to re-review. It's not “stuck like that forever”.

@Coughfe I just finished that exact video